Cameras / California / Palmdale
License plate readers in Palmdale, CA
Volunteers have documented 126 automated license plate readers inside Palmdale. That is the 22nd-largest total among the 353 California cities indexed here, and 0.6% of the statewide total. Its 1.2 readers per square mile spread across 106.1 square miles — thinner coverage than 67% of the 2,395 cities indexed nationally. Not every operator recorded here is a public agency — volunteers also logged Walmart, Sam's Club, and The Home Depot.
Checked against OpenStreetMap September 29, 2026 · figures last changed September 4, 2026.
126
readers documented
1.2
per square mile
22nd
of 353 indexed California cities · 106th of 2,395 nationally
0.6%
of California’s documented total
Dot colors follow the manufacturer legend below. Boundary: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files. Locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Who makes them
- Flock Safety84 · 67%
- Motorola Solutions1 · 1%
- Other vendors41 · 33%
What volunteers recorded
- Monitoring public roads
- 17 cameras are tagged as watching public streets or traffic.
- Recorded operators
- Walmart (24), Sam's Club (13), The Home Depot (4). All 720 recorded ALPR operators, ranked →
- How they’re mounted
- pole (6)
- Coverage area
- 106.1 square miles of land inside city limits.
Nearby
Learn more: How to spot a Flock Safety camera · How ALPRs work · Can you opt out? · California's ALPR statute
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